nytJSON({"offset" : "0" , "results" : [{"body" : "The offer that arrived in Emily Wharton's mailbox looked and sounded more like an Academy Award than a sales pitch. In fancy script, on weighty card stock adorned by a giant gold seal, the letter congratulated Ms. Wharton for the honor of being nominated to attend the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. It counted 366 members of" , "byline" : "By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO" , "date" : "20090419" , "title" : "Congratulations! You Are Nominated. It's an Honor. (It's a Sales Pitch.)" , "url" : "http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/19\/education\/edlife\/leadership-t.html"} , {"body" : "By the end, the world itself was too small to support the vast Ponzi scheme constructed by Bernard L. Madoff. Initially, he tapped local money pulled in from country clubs and charity dinners, where investors sought him out to casually plead with him to manage their savings so they could start reaping the steady, solid returns their envied friends" , "byline" : "By DIANA B. HENRIQUES; This article was reported by Diane B. Henriques, Alex Berenson, Alison Leigh Cowan, Alan Feuer, Zachery Kouwe, Eric Konigsberg, Nelson D. Schwartz, Michael J. de la Merced, Stephanie Strom, Julia Werdigier and Dirk Johnson." , "date" : "20081220" , "title" : "Madoff Scheme Kept Rippling Outward, Crossing Borders" , "url" : "http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/20\/business\/20madoff.html"} , {"body" : "SIX years of relentlessly rising prices have showered the oil industry with record profits even as whipsawing energy costs have left many Americans alternately furious and baffled. Now that the roller coaster ride appears to be screeching to a halt, one corporate giant remains confident it can weather the slowdown and uncertainty better than its" , "byline" : "By JAD MOUAWAD" , "date" : "20081116" , "title" : "Green Is for Sissies" , "url" : "http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/16\/business\/16exxon.html"} , {"body" : "Corrections Appended Max retrieves Frisbees. He gobbles jelly beans. He chases deer. He is -- and this should be remembered when discussions of cases like his blunder into the thickets of cognitive ethology, normative psychology and intraspecies solipsism -- a good dog. A 3-year-old German shepherd, all rangy limbs and skittering paws, he patrols" , "byline" : "By JAMES VLAHOS" , "date" : "20080713" , "title" : "PILL-POPPING PETS" , "url" : "http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/13\/magazine\/13pets-t.html"} , {"body" : "Once upon a time, women took estrogen only to relieve the hot flashes, sweating, vaginal dryness and the other discomforting symptoms of menopause. In the late 1960s, thanks in part to the efforts of Robert Wilson, a Brooklyn gynecologist, and his 1966 best seller, ''Feminine Forever,'' this began to change, and estrogen therapy evolved into a" , "byline" : "By GARY TAUBES" , "date" : "20070916" , "title" : "Do We Really Know What Makes Us Healthy?" , "url" : "http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/09\/16\/magazine\/16epidemiology-t.html"} , {"body" : "Some people are born with silver spoons in their mouths. I grew up in a lead cocoon. My father, Dr. William S. 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Atran has been struggling with questions about religion ever since -- why he himself no longer believes in God" , "byline" : "By Robin Marantz Henig" , "date" : "20070304" , "title" : "Darwin's God" , "url" : "http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/04\/magazine\/04evolution.t.html"} , {"body" : "ASK Sheana Director for a detailed description of herself, and chances are the word fat will come up. It is not uttered with shame or ire or any sense of embarrassment; it's simply one of the things she is, fat. ''Why should I be ashamed?'' said Ms. Director, 22, a graduate student in women's studies at San Diego State University, who wields the" , "byline" : "By ABBY ELLIN" , "date" : "20061126" , "title" : "Big People On Campus" , "url" : "http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/11\/26\/fashion\/26fat.html"}] , "tokens" : ["\"Tufts University\"" , "fields"] , "total" : 83});